July 20, 2005
Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-4769)
Jessica Rye
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)
RELEASE: 05-120
NASA UPDATES MEDIA ABOUT SPACE SHUTTLE RETURN TO FLIGHT
Space Shuttle managers will brief reporters today about NASA's Space
Shuttle Return to Flight mission (STS-114). The news conference
starts no earlier than 5:30 p.m. EDT. It will be live on NASA TV from
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Questions will be taken from participating
NASA locations.
Managers and engineers have been developing troubleshooting plans for
a liquid hydrogen low-level fuel sensor inside the Shuttle's External
Tank. The sensor failed a routine pre-launch check during the
countdown July 13, causing NASA to postpone Discovery's first launch
attempt. The next attempt will take place no earlier than July 26.
NASA TV is carried by MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via satellite
AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz,
vertical polarization. It's available in Alaska and Hawaii in analog
through Return to Flight on AMC-7, at 137 degrees west longitude,
Transponder 18, at 4060 MHz, vertical polarization, and audio at 6.8
MHz. A Digital Video Broadcast compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder
is required for reception. Today's news conference will be available
on the Internet at:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For the latest information about the STS-114 mission on the Web,
visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight
-end-